“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says Yahweh Sabaoth. (Zechariah 4: 6)
_____________
#####
The Washington Post—Kushner already had his work cut out in the Middle East. But it just got harder.:
Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner returned to the Mideast this week to revive negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. But any optimism that an unconventional Trump administration might be able to jump-start meaningful talks has been complicated by political crises on both sides.
President Trump has repeatedly expressed hope that he can secure the “ultimate deal,” and U.S. officials say this week’s visit is intended to show a renewed commitment after a spate of violence last month.
Kushner was expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday night along with deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Middle East envoy Jason D. Greenblatt. He traveled from Cairo, where he met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and also held talks with officials from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The delegation also met with Qatari and Jordanian officials.
But since Kushner’s last visit to the region in June, a corruption scandal embroiling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has deepened, leaving him increasingly beholden to right-wing factions in his coalition and support base and even less able to make concessions, some observers say.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas remains unpopular and politically isolated, with a decade-long split between his leadership in the West Bank and Hamas leaders in Gaza widening in recent months.
“Both leaders are focused on their domestic political survival,” said Gadi Baltiansky, former Israeli peace negotiator and director of the Israeli-Palestinian peace movement the Geneva Initiative. “That makes aspirations to launch a genuine peace process a bit unrealistic. Abbas is in a situation where he cannot deliver the deal that he talks about, and Netanyahu is not even able to describe the deal that he wants.”
[…]
To continue reading, click here.
SnyderTalk Comment:
Some people can’t or won’t see Yahweh’s hand in ordinary events that shape our lives and our destiny. That’s a shame.
It’s as though they believe that He created us and then sat back to watch us flail around like fish out of water. It’s not supposed to be that way.
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29: 13)
Those who refuse to recognize Yahweh’s hand are making a tragic mistake. It’s the same as believing He doesn’t exist.
Yahweh is just as active today as He ever was. Failing to see it is our problem, not His.
#####
_____________
#####
#####
_____________
#####
“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
See “His Name is Yahweh”.
